Usage examples for womb
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O my dear children, mine in life and death, I know not how ye came into my womb; I neither gave you breath, nor gave you life, And neither was it I that formed the members Of every one of you. – The Complete Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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When a woman becomes pregnant for the first time, her mother goes to her taking a new cloth and cakes and a preparation of milk, which is looked on as a luxurious food, and which, it is supposed, will strengthen the child in the womb. – The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II by R. V. Russell
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If a woman gives birth, and the offspring cries in the womb and it is distinctly heard, a powerful enemy will arise and overthrow the land, destruction will sweep the land, the enemy will destroy the precious possession, or the master's house will be destroyed. – Babylonian-Assyrian Birth-Omens and Their Cultural Significance by Morris Jastrow